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Population

58.9M

0.1%as of 2025

Fertility Rate

1.18

births/woman

Life Expectancy

84.0y

GDP / capita

$43.3K

Pop. Growth

-0.06%

Net Migration

75.4K

Population over time

Total population · observed (solid) and UN medium projection to 2100 (dashed)

Source: World Bank · UN World Population Prospects 2024

Fertility rate over time

Births per woman · dashed line = replacement (2.1)

Source: World Bank

Where immigrants come from

Largest foreign-born communities in Italy by country of birth (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇷🇴Romania880.4K(13.4%)

+14%

🇦🇱Albania542.6K(8.3%)

+40%

🇲🇦

Population projections to 2100

Official UN projections — Low / Medium / High variants

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024

Population pyramid (2025)

Age & sex structure · share of total population by 5-year cohort

Male28.8MTotal 58.9M30.1MFemale

Source: birthrate.io model

GDP per capita over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Life expectancy over time

Years at birth

Source: World Bank

Society, housing & beliefs

Family, crime, housing and religion indicators

Homicide rate

0.6

per 100,000

Divorce rate

1.4

per 1,000 · 2020

Births outside marriage

35.0%

of births · 2020

Home ownership

73.0%

of households · 2020

Homicide rate over time

Intentional homicides per 100,000 people

Source: World Bank / UNODC

Religious composition (2020)

Share of population by religion

Source: Pew Research / census

GDP over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Net migration over time

Net migrants per year (immigrants − emigrants)

Source: World Bank

Foreign-born population over time

Immigrant / diaspora population living in the country

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

Foreign-born share over time

Foreign-born residents as % of the population

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

🇺🇦Ukraine396.1K(6.0%)

+131%

🇨🇳China240.9K(3.7%)

+71%

🇲🇩Moldova218.6K(3.3%)

+77%

🇩🇪Germany194.6K(3.0%)

−6%

🇮🇳India187K(2.9%)

+89%

🇨🇭Switzerland181.6K(2.8%)

−6%

🇧🇩Bangladesh179.3K(2.7%)

+186%

🇵🇰Pakistan158.4K(2.4%)

+172%

🇪🇬Egypt, Arab Rep.157K(2.4%)

+108%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024

Where the Italy diaspora lives

Top destinations for people born in Italy who now live abroad (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇩🇪Germany436.8K(14.9%)

+30%

🇺🇸United States361K(12.3%)

−19%

🇬🇧United Kingdom342.1K(11.6%)

+148%

🇫🇷France303.7K(10.3%)

−11%

🇨🇭Switzerland273.8K(9.3%)

+13%

🇨🇦Canada183.4K(6.2%)

−31%

🇪🇸Spain167.4K(5.7%)

+89%

🇦🇺Australia151.7K(5.2%)

−26%

🇧🇪Belgium116.1K(4.0%)

−3%

🇷🇴Romania87.7K(3.0%)

+446%

🇦🇷Argentina53.6K(1.8%)

−64%

🇳🇱Netherlands48.3K(1.6%)

+136%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024

Abortion rate over time

Induced abortions per 1,000 women aged 15–49

Source: WHO / Guttmacher (compiled)

Christian80.0%
Unaffiliated15.0%
Muslim4.0%
Other1.0%